Just a few miles of driving from the busy visitor’s center at Newberry National Volcanic Monument, you can hike a short trail and see the largest waterfall on the Deschutes River — a claim that makes it sound a bit more exciting than it actually is. At the time, I didn’t know about the option to park at the falls — I only knew about the trail that begins a few miles west of the Lava Lands center. So, that’s the one I’m describing here. It’s only about a half-mile hike, one way, and it’s mostly smooth and level, so […]